Eating and drinking

Take a well earned break during your visit and try out our brand new dining facilities. Dine in the splendid comfort of a Victorian inspired 'dining car' or enjoy an ice cream in our quirky outdoor container café. Nearly 50% of all our produce is sourced from Yorkshire suppliers.

The Mallard Café

Located amongst our magnificent locomotives including Mallard itself, indulge yourself and enjoy our delicious new menu filled with locally sourced hot and cold deli food and bakery treats. Wondering what to have to eat or drink?

Have a look at our Mallard Cafe food menu, where you'll find new additions such as the pulled British pork fajita wrap.

Here is the Mallard Cafe drinks menu, including special winter warmers like the gingerbread latte and frosted mint hot chocolate.

Mallard Café offers

The Dining Car Restaurant

Nestled between our stunning royal carriages, this restaurant creates a unique dining experience for either a leisurely lunch or a chance to enjoy our home baked cakes and fresh teas and coffees. Dine in a Victorian inspired 'dining car', or relax in a 1920s lounge.

The Courtyard

We've transformed part of our courtyard into a quirky outdoor container café. Inspired by the extraordinary shipping container cafes around the world, our unique café serves pizzas, ice cream, hot and cold drinks and is ideal for eating in the sunshine.

Countess of York

Travel back in time to the era of high-class railway dining with a luxury afternoon tea experience aboard our beautifully restored rail carriage, the Countess of York. Our sophisticated afternoon tea menu features delicious sandwiches, homemade cakes and fancies and a wide selection of loose leaf teas, with ingredients changing seasonally. The carriage is also available to hire exclusively for that extra special private or corporate event.